2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analysis of early stage dementia patients using amyloid PET technique and neuropsychological examination.
Project/Area Number |
22613002
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Non-invasive neuroimaging
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Research Institution | Kyoto University |
Principal Investigator |
TAKECHI Hajime 京都大学, 大学院・医学研究科, 講師 (10314197)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIMADA Hiroyuki 大阪市立大学, 医学研究科, 准教授 (90254391)
ATAKA Suzuka 大阪市立大学, 医学研究科, 研究医 (40549755)
HAMAKAWA Yoshiyuki 京都大学, 医学研究科, 助教 (50422960)
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Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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Keywords | アルツハイマー型認知症 / アミロイドイメージング |
Research Abstract |
Recent development of amyloid imaging made it possible to diagnose Alzheimer’ s disease referring pathological information. This new diagnostic chance revealed that there are some cases who are clinically diagnosed as AD but show amyloid imaging negative results. In this study, we showed there are neuropsychologically distinct groups of patients in the amyloid imaging negative cases. Patients of frontotemporal degeneration and idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus may be two of such groups.
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